Chapter 715: Chapter 440 Miracle Meeting
"Is there more detailed information available?"
"Sorry, Sir Colin, only the Great Councilman has the authority to look into detailed information about the Divine... The information about the Divine that ordinary councilmen can understand is all in front of you now, these are all the Divine that have appeared on the battlefield."
Neustadt Supreme Council Hall, first basement level.
The Second Rank Wizard on duty said, slightly apologetically, to Colin in front of him.
"So, you’re saying that there is indeed more detailed information about the Divine within the council?"
Colin, staring at the screen in front of him, asked again.
"It should be."
"Should?"
"Based on the results I can access, there is indeed more data related to the Divine in the council’s library, but those are beyond my authority to view... Actually, I shouldn’t even be able to access the data in front of you, Sir. I knew about it mainly because the Clan Leader had mentioned it to me."
The Second Rank Wizard said with a smile, his demeanor neither servile nor overbearing. After thinking it over, he added,
"I once asked our Clan Leader, and they said that specific information about the Divine should not be known by too many people, hence the data about Divine that have not yet appeared in the Yanan World are always top secret."
Colin frowned slightly, then said,
"Thank you; let’s proceed with this information for now."
"Alright, general knowledge is free but your badge still needs to be swiped."
"Um," Colin nodded and handed over his Council Badge.
"Here you go."
Shortly, the Second Rank Wizard returned the badge along with an imprinted Knowledge Crystal to him.
...
"Lords of Flesh and Thorns, God of Poisonous Fury, Lord of Gold and Molten Rock, Night and Hunting Goddess... Is this all the information about the four Divine?"
After reading through all the crystals, Colin felt slightly disappointed.
Though the council’s public records contained a lot of information, much of it was not very useful.
Most records only indicated when a Divine appeared and the characteristics of their followers, such as the followers of the Lord of Flesh and Thorns being mostly ascetics who barely used external objects; in contrast, the followers of the Lord of Gold and Molten Rock were the complete opposite, extravagant in everything from their attire to other aspects.
But this was far from what he wanted to learn about the nature of the Divine, their source of power...
Most importantly, the Blood of the Divine could strengthen Knight Blood, which piqued Colin’s considerable interest in the Divine.
Unfortunately... Mr. Neustadt had gone to the front lines, saying he would be stationed there for at least half a year. Even if the Divine had withdrawn their forces by now, he hadn’t returned yet, otherwise, Colin might have been able to inquire with him.
As both the City Lord of Neustadt and a Great Councilman, he must know more about the Divine.
...
Thinking this, Colin had unconsciously arrived over Golden Barley.
Looking down at the familiar city below, he felt relaxed.
By time spent, this was the place he had stayed the longest.
And now, it was his place.
Thinking so, Colin identified a direction and flew towards a corner of the farmland outside the city.
The farmland looked ordinary, but it hid secrets.
As he approached, Colin felt subtle Witch Array fluctuations.
Of course, this was something he, being both a Third Rank Wizard and Second Rank Knight, could detect so keenly. If it were another Third Rank Wizard, unless they used specific Detection Magic, they would absolutely not notice anything unusual here with just their senses.
Hiding his presence, Colin quietly landed within the Witch Array.
It was like passing through an invisible, thin membrane; his vision blurred for a moment, and the scene before him changed.
It was still farmland, but divided into dozens of small plots, each growing a different kind of wheat, distinctly different from the wheat seedlings in the outer fields.
Beside the farmland was a semi-open lab with no door, where a blonde witch was tinkering with something.
"Good morning, Senior," Colin said with a smile as he approached.
"Good morning," Lillian responded without turning around, her gaze focused on a light green witchcraft orb on the experimental table.
Colin looked closely and saw a brownish-yellow wheat seed inside.
Seeing this, he chose not to speak further, standing quietly aside to avoid disturbing Lillian’s work.
About half an hour later, the magical glow on the experimental table gradually faded, and the brownish-yellow seed had turned into a nearly mature wheat sprout.
Lillian carefully observed it for a moment, her face suddenly lit up with joy, turning around with the wheat in hand, "Colin, I succeeded!"
"Is it a successful improvement?" Colin was slightly startled and quickly asked, "What about the yield of this new variety of wheat?"
"At least double the previous yield, not less than 600 kilograms per acre!" Lillian said joyfully. "Thanks to your idea of hybrid preference... it sounds strange, but it’s unexpectedly effective!"
"I only proposed the idea; the main credit is yours," Colin also expressed his happiness, scrutinizing the wheat sprout in Lillian’s hands.
This wasn’t just politeness—Lillian, being a half-Elf, indeed had a stronger Talent when it came to plants than him. If it had been him, he likely couldn’t have so quickly cultivated such a quality variety of wheat.
As for the acre Lillian mentioned, it was "Yanan acre," a unit of measure for farmland in the Yanan World, roughly twice the size of ancient Earth acres.
Simply put, although the output of the improved wheat hadn’t yet reached the levels of wheat from his previous world’s memory, it was already more than half, and compared to the previous Yanan World’s wheat, it had doubled!